Looking for some advice... We had planning approved for an outbuilding with dimensions of 4.8m x 3m with a pitched roof (overall height around 3.6M).
Approved plans:
As the building in under 30sq meters it doesn't require building regulations so apart from the planning drawings with dimensions we don't have much to go on.
I have been quoted for a reinforced slab with the metal rebar stuff and fibers 300mm deep which the groundworkers seems to think is more than enough for a single story outbuilding. I've also been quoted for double skin blockwork walls using concrete blocks (the heavy ones on the outside and thermalite blocks on the internal skin).
The roof / windows / electrics etc i'm more comfortable with sorting but the foundation and walls are pretty fundamental and i don't have a lot of experience of these things, does the above sound reasonable or am i missing something. It seems simple enough but I know that building rarely is straightforward!
Any advice would be welcome, thanks in advance.
Approved plans:
As the building in under 30sq meters it doesn't require building regulations so apart from the planning drawings with dimensions we don't have much to go on.
I have been quoted for a reinforced slab with the metal rebar stuff and fibers 300mm deep which the groundworkers seems to think is more than enough for a single story outbuilding. I've also been quoted for double skin blockwork walls using concrete blocks (the heavy ones on the outside and thermalite blocks on the internal skin).
The roof / windows / electrics etc i'm more comfortable with sorting but the foundation and walls are pretty fundamental and i don't have a lot of experience of these things, does the above sound reasonable or am i missing something. It seems simple enough but I know that building rarely is straightforward!
Any advice would be welcome, thanks in advance.
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